Which claim did President Kennedy not make in his speech at Rice University A. Within these last 19 months at least 45 satellites have circled the earth. B. The fact that communist Cuba is so close to American soil is one reason we need to accelerate our space program. C. His decision to shift the study of space to one of the highest American priorities was one of his most Iimportant decisions as president D. The Mariner spacecraft now on its way to Venus is the most intricate instrument in the history of space science.